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BEIRUT – The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, completed a visit to Lebanon today on the first stop of a three-day regional trip to see the increasing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.

ROME/CAIRO – The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will be in Lebanon and Jordan from 6-9 November to meet Syrian refugees and see the increasing humanitarian needs first hand. Cousin will meet senior government officials in both countries and visit WFP food distributions in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

As the world’s frontline agency in the battle against hunger, WFP counts on the assistance of thousands of non-governmental organisations and other partners to carry out its work in the field. On 29 October, the heads of more than 20 organisations will head to WFP headquarters in Rome to discuss how to strengthen those partnerships through new innovations and greater efficiency.

I and everyone at the United Nations World Food Programme today deeply mourn the loss of U.S. Senator George McGovern. He was a founding father of our organization, our first Goodwill Ambassador and a lifelong advocate for the hungry poor.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon joined WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and global leaders in the field of food security with a historic visit to the World Food Prize ceremony this week in the heartland of the U.S. to mark how innovations to solving hunger can be a powerful instrument of peace.